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Utah County withdraws parcel from tax sale after 2001 recording error leaves owner unnotified
Summary
County staff and counsel identified a 2001 quitclaim recording error that meant the recorded owner did not receive statutorily required notice before an online tax sale; commissioners voted to grant the protest and withdraw the sale so the county can re-notify parties and resolve title issues.
Utah County commissioners voted to withdraw a parcel that had been sold at the May tax sale after county staff identified an apparent recording error that left the correct recorded owner without statutory notice.
Bert Harvey of the clerk/auditor's office told the commission the parcel at issue (parcel referenced as 260330156 in the protest documents) had been sold online and that the county had notified the owner shown in its records (Home Savings Bank). During preparation for the protest hearing, staff discovered a 2001 quitclaim deed that should have caused a different name to be on the ownership record. Paul Jones of the county attorney's office said that because the county did not provide notice to the correct recorded owner as required by state…
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